Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Full Professor at the University of Wrocław (Poland). She is founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication, and was president of the Polish Communication Association.Michał Głowacki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Poland). He is the associate editor of Central European Journal of Communication.

«[...] Dobek-Ostrowska and Głowacki’s new edited volume is rich in theoretically and methodologically sound research, empirical data and fresh insights into media and political systems in the former communist countries. Students of Central and Eastern Europe should not miss it.»(Peter Bajomi-Lazar, European Journal of Communication 32(2) 2017)

• Contents: Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: 25 years after communism: four models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe – Auksė Balčytienė: Institutions and cultures: an analytical framework for the study of democratization and media transformations in Central and Eastern Europe – Svetlana S. Bodrunova/Anna A. Litvinenko: Four Russias in communication: fragmentation of the Russian public sphere in the 2010s – Natalija Mažeikienė/Kristina Juraitė: Back to the future? Puzzling transformations of post-Soviet television – David H. Weaver: Central and Eastern European journalists in comparative perspective: demographics, working conditions and professional values – Svetlana Pasti: A passion for Robin Hood: a case study of journalistic (in)dependence in Russia – Vasyl V. Kucherenko/Cindy T. Christen: Guarded or guardless? The role of political knowledge in spotting manipulation in news about international affairs and resisting its persuasive effects – Marína Urbániková/Jaromír Volek: Journalism student culture in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Sweden: a comparison of selected dimensions – Jelena Kleut/Dušan Spasojević: Monitory democracy online: a case study of two Serbian civic initiatives – Václav Štětka/Radim Hladík: Too much buzz about nothing? uses of social media in Czech news production – Agnieszka Hess: The Polish think tank scene – Mariyan Tomov/Lilia Raycheva: The Facebook image of the 2013/2014 social protests in Bulgaria – Michał Głowacki: Conclusions: mapping the outcomes of media transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Full Professor at the University of Wrocław (Poland). She is founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication, and was president of the Polish Communication Association.Michał Głowacki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Poland). He is the associate editor of Central European Journal of Communication.

«[...] Dobek-Ostrowska and Głowacki’s new edited volume is rich in theoretically and methodologically sound research, empirical data and fresh insights into media and political systems in the former communist countries. Students of Central and Eastern Europe should not miss it.»(Peter Bajomi-Lazar, European Journal of Communication 32(2) 2017)

• Contents: Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: 25 years after communism: four models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe – Auksė Balčytienė: Institutions and cultures: an analytical framework for the study of democratization and media transformations in Central and Eastern Europe – Svetlana S. Bodrunova/Anna A. Litvinenko: Four Russias in communication: fragmentation of the Russian public sphere in the 2010s – Natalija Mažeikienė/Kristina Juraitė: Back to the future? Puzzling transformations of post-Soviet television – David H. Weaver: Central and Eastern European journalists in comparative perspective: demographics, working conditions and professional values – Svetlana Pasti: A passion for Robin Hood: a case study of journalistic (in)dependence in Russia – Vasyl V. Kucherenko/Cindy T. Christen: Guarded or guardless? The role of political knowledge in spotting manipulation in news about international affairs and resisting its persuasive effects – Marína Urbániková/Jaromír Volek: Journalism student culture in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Sweden: a comparison of selected dimensions – Jelena Kleut/Dušan Spasojević: Monitory democracy online: a case study of two Serbian civic initiatives – Václav Štětka/Radim Hladík: Too much buzz about nothing? uses of social media in Czech news production – Agnieszka Hess: The Polish think tank scene – Mariyan Tomov/Lilia Raycheva: The Facebook image of the 2013/2014 social protests in Bulgaria – Michał Głowacki: Conclusions: mapping the outcomes of media transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Full Professor at the University of Wrocław (Poland). She is founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication, and was president of the Polish Communication Association.Michał Głowacki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Poland). He is the associate editor of Central European Journal of Communication.

«[...] Dobek-Ostrowska and Głowacki’s new edited volume is rich in theoretically and methodologically sound research, empirical data and fresh insights into media and political systems in the former communist countries. Students of Central and Eastern Europe should not miss it.»(Peter Bajomi-Lazar, European Journal of Communication 32(2) 2017)

• Contents: Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: 25 years after communism: four models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe – Auksė Balčytienė: Institutions and cultures: an analytical framework for the study of democratization and media transformations in Central and Eastern Europe – Svetlana S. Bodrunova/Anna A. Litvinenko: Four Russias in communication: fragmentation of the Russian public sphere in the 2010s – Natalija Mažeikienė/Kristina Juraitė: Back to the future? Puzzling transformations of post-Soviet television – David H. Weaver: Central and Eastern European journalists in comparative perspective: demographics, working conditions and professional values – Svetlana Pasti: A passion for Robin Hood: a case study of journalistic (in)dependence in Russia – Vasyl V. Kucherenko/Cindy T. Christen: Guarded or guardless? The role of political knowledge in spotting manipulation in news about international affairs and resisting its persuasive effects – Marína Urbániková/Jaromír Volek: Journalism student culture in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Sweden: a comparison of selected dimensions – Jelena Kleut/Dušan Spasojević: Monitory democracy online: a case study of two Serbian civic initiatives – Václav Štětka/Radim Hladík: Too much buzz about nothing? uses of social media in Czech news production – Agnieszka Hess: The Polish think tank scene – Mariyan Tomov/Lilia Raycheva: The Facebook image of the 2013/2014 social protests in Bulgaria – Michał Głowacki: Conclusions: mapping the outcomes of media transformation in Central and Eastern Europe.